Comparing DSD [SACD] and PCM [CD]

[james]

I came across this site ... [Ayre.com who make CD players / amplifiers etc] ..

http://www.ayre.com/insights_dsdvspcm.htm

It has interesting stuff ..

"...
At the end of the 1990s as the CD patents were expiring, so was a huge revenue stream for Sony and Philips, developers of the Compact Disc format. Anxious to replace the CD with another exclusive format that would also generate licensing income, Sony and Philips tried again with the Super Audio Compact Disc or SACD. In the meantime, none of the other hardware manufacturers were having any of it. They all saw the explosive growth of DVD as the wave of the future and wanted to base any new format on DVD. Thus began one of the most bizarre chapters in the history of audio formats.
..."

Also this site ...

http://www.mojo-audio.com/blog/dsd-vs-p ... -vs-truth/

[which again is a commercial site] ..


James

[Sloop John B]

Interesting stuff indeed.
Thanks for posting.

SJB